New Article Commenting System Coming

Published: Friday, March 12, 2010 at 11:31 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, March 12, 2010 at 11:31 a.m.

The Ledger's online forums have ended, but a new article commenting system will be developed.

The old system ended earlier this year when our parent organization's contract with a forum provider expired. At that time, a new commenting system was put in place at all newspaper sites that are part of the New York Times Regional Media Group.

Unfortunately, the new system caused server crashes and exposed problems in the software that runs our sites. As a result, our corporate technical staff has been focused on a multi-month project to revamp the sites and make them more stable.

Once that project is finished, they will turn their attention to implementing a new article commenting system. We have no time estimate for the new system yet.

More information about the new article commenting system will be posted here as it becomes available.

<p>The Ledger's online forums have ended, but a new article commenting system will be developed.</p><p>The old system ended earlier this year when our parent organization's contract with a forum provider expired. At that time, a new commenting system was put in place at all newspaper sites that are part of the New York Times Regional Media Group.</p><p>Unfortunately, the new system caused server crashes and exposed problems in the software that runs our sites. As a result, our corporate technical staff has been focused on a multi-month project to revamp the sites and make them more stable. </p><p>Once that project is finished, they will turn their attention to implementing a new article commenting system. We have no time estimate for the new system yet.</p><p>More information about the new article commenting system will be posted here as it becomes available.</p>